Heartland RV Park

Large park with lots of sites. Level spots. Fenced in dog park. Restaurant and bar on site with live music. Friendly and helpful staff. Clean restrooms and laundry facilities.  Close to Custer State Park, Crazy Horse and Mt. Rushmore.

We were here for 19 days.  We had a nice time here.  The work campers are all so nice, They keep busy everyday!  We felt that the food was great and so convenient.  We had breakfast here many mornings and pizza and wings a few times.  The live bands were a nice touch!  I ended up having a terrible stomach pain, back pain and went to the ER in Rapid City 6 days after we arrived, ended up having my gallbladder removed at Monument Hospital.  Heartland was a nice safe quiet place for me to recover.  We have a 5th wheel, 40 foot and we fit perfectly in our pull thru.  Road noise was there, however, they cannot control that.  Rapid City is a quick drive, lots of shopping and dining available.  We were able to go to Needles Highway, the wildlife loop and Iron Mountain Road before I got sick.  After my surgery (6 days later) we were able to drive to Keystone and Hill City.  Both fun little towns.  Hermosa is very close. Has a nice chicken restaurant next to a nice antique / gift shop and has a drive in theater.  We were not able to enjoy the theater tho.  This campground is at a great location for a base camp!  We would stay here again.

Sam wrote a great review on 5/20/22 which I agree with. I visited just after the 4th of July and the construction was apparently complete. What keeps this from being a 5 are the size of the sites and the proximity to the highway 79. The sites are smallest I have been to and there is absolutely no privacy. I had to wear earplugs at night to be able to sleep at night. The park is huge with 229 sites. They have a staff of 30 to run the thing. All of the staff members were really great. The small restaurant with limited menu and a bar is a big plus. They are located in the Event Center which hosts live music on many evenings. They had a free wine tasting of local wines most of which are made from berries instead of grapes because of the environment. I give the bathrooms an A. I apologize for not including photos of the campground but had a family emergency come up an totally forgot to do this before I left. I was able to visit Wind Caves NP and Custer State Park(A Must), and Rushmore with Heartland as the basecamp.